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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 5/13/21

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Dan Szymborski

12:48

Aquarium

GraphsFan

12:49

Dan, from a technology standpoint, I think you mentioned that you run ZiPS in an utterly massive Excel workbook. Do you run it locally and push your poor computer hardware to the brink? Do you host it on a Fangraphs server? Do you use the public cloud providers?

Dan Szymborski

12:49

Oh, my poor computers get good workouts

there are a lot of addins as well and a ton of visual basic is used

Me Growley

12:49

A young Davy Jones sang of how “Disappointment haunted all my dreams”. Those words echo through my alcohol-depleted grey cells as I contemplate the injury ravaged future of Christian Yelich. As a Brewers fan, how much will the left-fielder's injuries disappoint me in the next five years? Please answer on a scale from Eddie Gaedel to Dan Vogelbach.

Dan Szymborski

12:50

I think he'll be valuable, but I also think that it kinda shaves off his top end

I dont' think we get 2018-2019 Yelich much, if at all

M’s

12:50

The MLB’s blackout policy is crap. I live 900 miles from Seattle and can’t watch the games.

Dan Szymborski

12:50

Montana?

Yeah, it kinda sucks

12:51

If you're going to have a blackout policy, it should have limits based on travel time.

I'd say that no blackout should be extended to zip codes with an average commute to the stadium of two hours or more

12:52

(or no blackouts period, which is what I prefer. but if you have to have blackouts, it would be a logical limitation)

asnbrv

12:52

Does ZiPS in anyway take into account how good of a track record a team has when it comes to developing certain players? (say being slightly optimistic on CLE's SPs for example)

Dan Szymborski

12:52

No. I haven't found that predictive.

Jacques Pederson

12:53

Which coworker would you trust to cook a meal for you and a date?

Dan Szymborski

12:53

Can I still count Kiley? I don't know how well he cooks, but the scouting types always know the good places to eat, so they have judgment there. And I recall him having good offerings

BringBackDeSpanielHair

12:53

So this IS the chili chat! I always figured you for a chili eunich

Dan Szymborski

12:53

Is that a term?

Jacques Pederson

12:53

Dan, do you have any plans to streamline zips or move it to a platform that doesn't make me cringe?

Dan Szymborski

12:53

Guest

12:54

Do you ever read the comments sections for your colleagues' articles here? Your comment about changing the game if you don't like it made me think about Jay's recent article re: the man on 2nd in extra innings. The discussion in the comments was one of the better mixes I've seen in a while, divided between purists, people open to change, and people open to change who loathe this particular change...

Dan Szymborski

12:54

Sometime do, sometimes don't.

I dont' tend to participate

Because I have a tendency to get into flame wars and I don't want to create one in a colleague's article

CeddyBReady

12:54

F Springer, I'm da truth

Jason N

12:54

Chili is a weekly part of this chat. Is chili also a weekly part of your diet?

Dan Szymborski

12:54

Actually no

I only really make chili a couple times a year

Guest

12:55

What's for lunch?

Dan Szymborski

12:55

I have a cheesesteak that's supposed to arrive in 20 minutes

I'm so ashamed

12:55

It was Mickey Dolenz, not Davey Jones! Oh Lord, I actually know that ...

Dan Szymborski

12:55

Trying out this guy tomorrow

Damn Yankees

12:55

Which MLB player would you want to prefer a fine meal for you?

Dan Szymborski

12:56

I bet Bartolo knows something about food

Jason N

12:57

Are you/Zips in on David Weathers? I was surprised to see his prospect write-up has his upside as mid-rotation starter, probable bullpen long man. He’s the youngest player in the majors and all he does is get Dodgers out.

Dan Szymborski

12:57

I think you mean Ryan!

(Don't feel bad, I still call Cody Bellinger Clay all the time and think both Romines are occasionally Kevin)

Is he the youngest?

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